Clara Roberts Jemison, 1869-

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Title

Clara Roberts Jemison, 1869-

Subject

Newspaper editors

Description

Clara Roberts Jemison was assistant editor of The Tuscaloosa Times and the second wife of William Carlos Jemison, (1849-1901) who owned and was editor of the paper. The couple married in 1889 and had two children: William Carlos Jemison, born in 1890, and Margaret R. Jemison, born in 1898.

William Carlos Jemison had previously married Eliska Leftwich in 1876 with whom he had two children: Katherine Eliska "Kate" Jemison (1879-1933) and Alan Leftwich Jemison, born in 1882. Eliska Jemison died in 1882, two months after her son was born.

William Carlos Jemison was mayor of Tuscaloosa from 1880-1890 and from 1894-1900.

Source

Tuscaloosa News Archive

Publisher

The Tuscaloosa Times

Date

May 12, 1899

Contributor

Betty Slowe (Description)

Type

Photograph

Identifier

1211

Coverage

Tuscaloosa (AL)

Original Format

Photograph